Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for this " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I map out a route over familiar country near home which takes in some old hedges and one-time mushroom pastures , hoist a gathering bag over my shoulder — and then curse the fact that the mid-October day that I have carefully planned for this expedition turns out to be the most dismal of the autumn so far . |
| 32 | Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class . |
| 33 | The justification originally claimed for this decision was twofold . |
| 34 | The US government 's efforts to create a long-term repository for nuclear waste have received a setback with the announcement that a deep underground salt chamber in New Mexico provisionally selected for this purpose may be close to collapse . |
| 35 | These include the fact that many are in urban " heat islands " , although allowance is supposedly made for this . |
| 36 | Since film is a language which is expressed primarily in visual terms , it makes sense to plan your movies in a visual way , and the technique of storyboarding is often used for this reason . |
| 37 | A spotlight is often used for this , as it concentrates the beam and allows it to be aimed very precisely at areas such as shoulders and the tops of heads . |
| 38 | Trichloromethane ( chloroform ) and propanone ( acetone ) are often used for this purpose . |
| 39 | Benzoic acid is often used for this purpose . |
| 40 | The index most often used for this purpose is the General Index of Retail Prices published by the Department of Employment . |
| 41 | We had not the experts in Burmese poetry who were really needed for this task , only a handful of hymns in the true Burmese style were available , and these had been composed earlier by Father Jackson . |
| 42 | I am often asked for this but it is difficult to obtain . |
| 43 | Unless you ‘ ve overstated the case there is a strong possibility that your guitar is too far gone for this treatment , so that professional help may be required . |
| 44 | She was n't really dressed for this . |
| 45 | In Greece , they are routinely imprisoned for this ‘ offence ’ . |
| 46 | Three reasons are often suggested for this , one strictly electoral , one relating to the fiscal situation in each State , and the third reflecting wider attitudes , in particular attitudes of southern whites towards blacks . |
| 47 | Oh , right , erm , I think Shropshire 's well placed for this sort of work , I remember when Shrewsbury was , was chosen for Christmas Carol , I mean not Stratford , not Chester , not the obvious places that spring to mind , but somewhere different , and I , I think Shropshire may be full of places which are not the obvious place , but which film companies may be able to find if they 're shown in the right direction , so I would certainly propose that we , you know , follow this line . |
| 48 | Preparations are now well advanced for this review and it is intended to seek views from all levels of the Association starting this winter . |
| 49 | Preparations are now well advanced for this year 's ride , which promises to be bigger and better . |
| 50 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |
| 51 | Do you get well paid for this job ? |
| 52 | Contact 's staff were well qualified for this type of work . |
| 53 | David is consequently punished for this action . |
| 54 | ‘ We 're fully booked for this evening , sir . |
| 55 | One of these is the fact that the social networks of individuals are like language itself , open-ended and changing , and they can not be precisely delimited for this reason . |
| 56 | Just before airtime , a story had come in on a drug bust : space was hastily made for this . |
| 57 | Thus in ( 191 ) , to feel evokes a new state of awareness which has arisen as a result of the combined effect on the reader 's mind of novels and tales previously selected for this purpose . |
| 58 | Dated to the second half of the second century , it seems to have been a tannery and leather workshop , and is not only one of the few reliable instances yet found for this industry , but is also one of the few industries attested at Alcester . |
| 59 | From 822 his itinerary shifted eastwards : in 822 – 3 Louis and his court spent the whole winter at Frankfurt where " he had had buildings newly constructed for this purpose following his orders " . |
| 60 | Here and here alone the bourgeois and even more the petty bourgeois family could maintain the illusion of a harmonious , hierarchic happiness , surrounded by the material artefacts which demonstrated it and made it possible , the dream-life which found its culminating expression in the domestic ritual systematically developed for this purpose , the celebration of Christmas . |